Bus travel
March 2020 - COVID-19 update
Stagecoach
Oxford Bus Company
Oxford Bus Company: temporary reduction of bus services
Traveline
Please check with the bus companies for the latest timetables and use a service such as Traveline to plan your journey.
Travel information: www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk
Getting to the John Radcliffe Hospital (from Oxford) with Oxford Bus Company
PickMeUp
PickMeUp is an on-demand ride-sharing minibus service from the Oxford Bus Company.
Download the app and say where you want your journey to begin: the bus will pick you up from a 'virtual bus stop' within a short walkable distance of where you are.
The intelligent software works out the best way to take you and the other passengers to your chosen destinations.
Register your credit or debit card and the bus could be with you in around 10 minutes.
https://pickmeup.oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus companies
Park & Ride
If you need to travel by car, please consider using the Park & Ride service. The bus stops at the hospital a short distance from the main entrances.
Park & Ride services direct to the hospital - Monday to Friday only
- 700 Park & Ride
Monday to Friday
Kidlington to JR and Churchill and NOC via Oxford Parkway [Water Eaton] Park & Ride and Summertown
700 timetable: Stagecoach
Park & Ride buses that run on Sundays / Bank Holidays
- Thornhill
400 to Headington Shops for a 10 minute walk on to the JR site
- Redbridge
300 to Oxford City Centre and change buses (see options below)
- Oxford Parkway [Water Eaton]
500 to Oxford City Centre and change buses (see options below)
- Oxford Bus Company Park & Ride
- Park & Ride map (pdf)
Direct buses (bus stops on-site)
- 10 Cowley Road / Cowley Centre / Hollow Way / Slade / Wood Farm / Headington / JR
Stagecoach
- 13 City Centre / Marston / Northway / JR
Oxford Bus Company
- X13
Abingdon / Redbridge / City Centre / Cherwell Drive / JR
Direct to and from the JR Sundays only. On all other days, take X13 to St Aldates and change to the X3 or 13 (the bus stops are adjacent on St Aldates).
Oxford Bus Company
- 14 & 14A Railway Station / City Centre / Banbury Road / JR (14A operates via Old Marston)
Stagecoach
- S7 Witney / Eynsham / Summertown / JR
Mondays to Fridays only, limited service, please check with Stagecoach
(See timetable)
- 'Science Shuttle' ST2 Seacourt Park & Ride / City Centre / JR
www.thames-travel.co.uk/science-shuttle
The Park & Ride service can also be used as a direct bus service to the John Radcliffe, picking up passengers at the stated locations, as well as the Park & Ride site.
Buses that stop in Headington
There are many, frequent bus services from Oxford city centre to Headington.
From bus stops at 'Headington shops' (either side of Windmill Road) it is 0.6 miles (12 minutes') walk to the John Radcliffe Level 2 main entrance via Osler Road, or 0.8 miles (15 minutes') walk (downhill) to the West Wing.
You can also reach the West Wing if you walk through the building.
- Thornhill
400 to Headington Shops for a 10 minute walk on to the JR site
Oxford Bus Company
- 8 & 9 City Centre / Headington / Barton / Risinghurst
Oxford Bus Company
- 280 Aylesbury / Thame / Wheatley / Headington / City Centre / Railway Station
Arriva
- U1 Wheatley Campus / Wheatley / Headington (Old Road) / City Centre / Botley / Railway Station / Harcourt Hill Campus
Oxford Bus Company - also U1X term-time only
- U5 Marston / Headington (Old Road) / Cowley Road / City Centre
Oxford Bus Company